Fault Tolerance, Parallel and Distributed Computing

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32 questions
1

What is the number assigned to devices on the internet?

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Draw out a rough sketch of Ring network topology on the paper on desk, and show it to me !

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Draw out a rough sketch of Bus network topology on the paper on desk, and show it to me !

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Draw out a rough sketch of Star network topology on the paper on desk, and show it to me !

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Which of the following best describes a challenge involved in using parallel computing?

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Which of the following best describes the ability of parallel computing solutions to improve efficiency?

5

I have a list below containing ages of students, and I want to calculate the average ages of students in the list. (5 points)

ages = [24, 12, 23, 19, 27, 30, 11, ...]

Explain how parallel computing an be used.
Break the program into 3 major tasks
Which of this tasks are independent of any other task and which is dependent?

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If a task takes 40 seconds to complete sequentially and 10 seconds to complete in parallel, what is the speedup?

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Which factor limits the maximum speedup of a parallel algorithm?

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If an algorithm achieves a speedup of 8 on 16 processors, what is a possible reason why it is not achieving perfect scaling?

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If a task takes 100 seconds sequentially and 25 seconds in parallel, what is the speedup?

1

What is the primary benefit of parallel computing?

1

What do you understand by the word domain name.

1

What is the difference between routing and path?

Be very detailed with your explanation

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What is the main advantage of distributed computing?

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Which of the following is an example of distributed computing?

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How does distributed computing help solve problems that a single computer cannot?

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What is a potential challenge of distributed computing?

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A large dataset is too big to store on a single computer. How can distributed computing help?

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Which of the following technologies relies on distributed computing?

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Why is the Internet considered fault-tolerant?

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Why do you think the internet is sometimes described as a redundant system?

1

What is the world wide web?

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Is this network fault tolerant or not?

Expalin your reasons for answer above!

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Why is the internet routing usually dynamic?

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Which of the following best describes the fault tolerance of the Internet?

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What is the primary purpose of redundancy in network design?

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How does packet switching contribute to fault tolerance?

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Which Internet protocol helps make the network fault-tolerant by ensuring packets reach their destination even if some routes fail?

3

What the full meaning of TCP, IP, HTTP (3 points )

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Differentiate between UDP and TCP

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A scientific research team needs to process huge amounts of genetic data. Why might they use distributed computing?